APRIL 8, 2026

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Spy Close - 2026-04-08$676.01
Qqq Close - 2026-04-08$606.09
Dia Close - 2026-04-08$479.16
Nvda Close - 2026-04-08$182.08
Msft Close - 2026-04-08$374.33
Googl Close - 2026-04-08$317.32
Movies & Screen Events around April 8, 2026
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1 Tragic Villain
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Tragic Villain
2 Mermaid
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Mermaid
3 Talisman
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Talisman
4 Vivir
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Vivir
5 Green Bay
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Green Bay
6 The Beguiling
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The Beguiling
7 How To Hide It
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How To Hide It
8 Tranniversary
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Tranniversary
9 Monkey Drum
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Monkey Drum
10 The Drama
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The Drama
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
HAIRDOO
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HAIRDOO
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come
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Ready or Not 2: Here I Come
Project Hail Mary
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Project Hail Mary
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
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Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
Reminders of Him
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Reminders of Him
The Last Picture Shows
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The Last Picture Shows
The Bride!
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The Bride!
Hoppers
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Hoppers
Scream 7
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Scream 7
Midwinter Break
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Midwinter Break
I Can Only Imagine 2
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I Can Only Imagine 2
How to Make a Killing
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How to Make a Killing
The Swedish Connection
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The Swedish Connection
Wuthering Heights
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Wuthering Heights
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die
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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die
GOAT
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GOAT
Crime 101
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Crime 101
The Moment
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The Moment
Send Help
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Send Help
Return to Silent Hill
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Return to Silent Hill
Mercy
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Mercy
Clika
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Clika
The Rip
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The Rip
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Primate
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Primate
People We Meet on Vacation
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People We Meet on Vacation
Greenland 2: Migration
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Greenland 2: Migration
We Bury the Dead
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We Bury the Dead
Zootopia 2
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Zootopia 2
Wicked: For Good
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Wicked: For Good
Anniversary
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Anniversary
Rose of Nevada
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Rose of Nevada
Moana 2
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Moana 2
Love Under the Mistletoe (Operation Mistletoe)
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Love Under the Mistletoe (Operation Mistletoe)
Inside Out 2
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Inside Out 2

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April 8, 2026

April 8 brought a two-week Iran-United States ceasefire and plans for talks in Islamabad, while Lebanon remained outside the agreement and Israeli strikes continued. The Strait of Hormuz reopened. Tragic Villain and Mermaid led th...

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Headlines From April 8, 2026

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  • Headline: Iran Ratified a Two-Week Ceasefire That Reopened the Strait of Hormuz. Impact: April 8 moved the crisis from conditional offer to formal ratification, giving the day a concrete diplomatic hinge point.
  • Headline: Islamabad Was Named as the Site for Iran-United States Talks. Impact: The announcement gave April 8 a specific negotiating venue and delegation instead of an abstract promise of talks.
  • Headline: Trump and Netanyahu Said Lebanon Was Outside the Deal. Impact: That carve-out kept April 8 from looking like a clean region-wide de-escalation.
  • Headline: Karoline Leavitt Said Lebanon Discussions Were Still Continuing. Impact: The statement showed that even after ratification, April 8 still had unresolved scope questions inside the ceasefire.
  • Headline: Israeli Strikes Continued After the Ceasefire Announcement. Impact: The update made April 8 read like a ratified pause whose military edges were still moving in real time.
  • Headline: Tragic Villain Led the Exact-Date Movie Slate. Impact: The movie release kept the capsule tied to same-day culture instead of leaving the page entirely inside diplomacy and ceasefire mechanics.
  • Headline: MIT and CMS Narrowed the W Boson Mass With More Than 1 Billion Collisions. Impact: The result gave April 8 a same-day science headline with a precise number and a direct consequence for particle-physics confidence.
  • Headline: MIT's Sandook System Pushed Shared SSD Performance Higher Without New Hardware. Impact: The nearby technology item kept April 8 grounded in practical computing infrastructure rather than only frontier physics. Fact: MIT said Sandook improved pooled SSD throughput while handling variability from device age, mixed read-write workloads, and garbage collection.

Market Close Snapshot

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Rank #1
SPY
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Closing price
$676.01
Price date
2026-04-08

SPY closed at $676.01 on 2026-04-08.

Rank #2
QQQ
Invesco QQQ Trust
Closing price
$606.09
Price date
2026-04-08

QQQ closed at $606.09 on 2026-04-08.

Rank #3
DIA
SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust
Closing price
$479.16
Price date
2026-04-08

DIA closed at $479.16 on 2026-04-08.

Rank #4
NVDA
NVIDIA Corporation
Closing price
$182.08
Price date
2026-04-08

NVDA closed at $182.08 on 2026-04-08.

Rank #5
MSFT
Microsoft Corporation
Closing price
$374.33
Price date
2026-04-08

MSFT closed at $374.33 on 2026-04-08.

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GOOGL
Alphabet Inc.
Closing price
$317.32
Price date
2026-04-08

GOOGL closed at $317.32 on 2026-04-08.